A cheery fellow is a gladsome guy.
Gladsome
12 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in ~some words Tags: gladsome
Wearisome
10 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in ~some words Tags: wearisome
Another full-day workshop that nobody told me about? And it starts in five minutes?
Worrisome
09 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
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The collapse of civilization is certainly worrisome.
3D Gears Math
06 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in 3D Printing, math Tags: gears
SO here is the information for making 3D gears that all fit together. I used Sketchup for the design. All the gear convexities and concavities are 3-inch half-circles.
6-Spoke Gear
12-sided circle
6-inch radius (12-inch diameter)
Rotated 7.5 degrees
12-Spoke Gear
24-sided circle
12-inch radius (24-inch diameter)
Rotated 15 degrees
24-Spoke Gear
48-sided circle
24-inch radius (48-inch diameter)
Rotated 3.75 degrees
Rectangular 14-Spoke Gear
12- by 24-inch rectangle
6-inch radius circles at ends
Nettlesome
04 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in ~some words Tags: nettlesome
Something that is annoying is nettlesome. The nettle plant stings. It is, by definition, nettlesome. See also bothersome, troublesome. (P.S. Where’s Charles?!)
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3D Gears
04 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in 3D Printing, math Tags: gears, Sketchup, Spirograph
After having discussions with my math peeps, I decided to make gears. From scratch, in Sketchup. Many failures ensued. Thankfully, a Youtube video showed me the light (granted, I had to watch the video about 20 times).
Anyway, the gear ratio works (don’t ask me what that means), and different sizes of gears spin with each other. I even got fancy with irregular shapes (see the long gear) as well as gears with cut-outs (to save filament) and a gear with holes (to create abstract designs a la Spirograph).
Spinning Tree
04 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in 3D Printing Tags: Makerbot, Sketchup, spinning, tree
This is a 3D printed tree that has movable branches. 
I made it in Sketchup of simple geometric shapes, each rectangle just a wee bit smaller than the lower one.
The top part of the tree was actually a bit of challenge to create, as I had to create the triangle shape, but then make a partial hole through one side of it. There are three versions of it in the illustration above.
I exported each piece separately into Makerbot and then printed them one at a time.
Here are some more views of the tree.
Cuddlesome
03 Aug 2015 Leave a comment
in ~some words Tags: cuddlesome
Just like a big ol’ teddy bear!
Bothersome
03 Aug 2015 1 Comment
in ~some words Tags: bothersome
A pest. A bother. An annoying person. See troublesome.
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